histories

ChatGPT has been all the rage over the past several weeks, but it is far from a perfect machine. Not only has the chatbot been accused of plagiarism, and taken part in some rather…

In a first for France, the University of Angers has announced plans for a museum of feminist struggles, drawing on its ample archival resources and expertise to give…

Review After Sappho By Selby Wynn SchwartzLiveright: 272 pages, $29If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support…

This is part of the L.A. Times 2022 gift guide. See the full guide here.What makes nonfiction books so tricky as potential gifts is also the most wonderful thing about them: their infinite…

NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, visual art expert from Kathmandu, Nepal, has said that family photo albums illustrate alternative histories.  She was talking on ‘Archive Building and…

Prominent Chinese billionaires, including Lenovo group founder Liu Chuanzhi, and the President of Didi Chuxing, Liu Qing have cleared their Weibo accounts and only made content from the last…

Growing up Japanese American in Los Angeles is like a scavenger hunt to find your kin, histories and stories. You have to first wade through the history of the Second World War incarceration…

This feature could be a useful tool for people switching from Android to iOS or vice versa.So, you’ve just switched from an Android phone over to an iPhone, but are stumped as to how you can…

When Rebecca Hall closed the cover on Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel “Passing,” she opened a new page in her career. Hall wrote a screenplay based on the book in 20 days and, 13 years later, made…

Present-day Croatia was an important crossroads for migrating peoples along the Danubian corridor and the Adriatic coast, linking east and west. "While this region is important for…